Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (Vineland)

Teacher Rating Form

Used for Ages 3-21
Used to assess personal and social sufficiency

Four Domains
1. Communication- how a student listens and pays attention
2. Daily Living Skills- students daily habits and hygiene, time, money, and math, and
ability to follow rules and routines
3. Socialization- how a student interacts with others, uses play and leisure time, and
demonstrates responsibility and sensitivity to others
4. Motor Skills- gross and fine motor skills

Test Completion
1. Complete the front cover of the test book. Calculate the students age and write in
on the front cover in the About the Student section.
2. Determine the Start Point for each Subdomain
Decide what age to use as your start point taking into consideration the students
level of functioning. The objective is to start at a point where the student will
almost certainly obtain full credit on the first several items. Unless you suspect a
developmental delay or deficits in adaptive functioning, you should start at the
students chronological age. Do not round up chronological age when
determining start points. If you suspect a students behavior to be well below
average for his chronological age, base start points on a younger age. You must
use the same start point in each domain. Write the age used at start points on
the front cover of the test book.
3. Notice stop points in the Written Subdomain and Academic Subdomain. The Motor
Skills Domain is only for students under the age of 6. All others can mark out this
section.
4. Beginning at your determined start point, answer questions using a score of 0-2. Circle
only one response to each question. If you want to change an answer, mark an X through
it and circle your new choice.
5. Be careful when estimating responses. The test only allows up to 40 estimated
responses, depending on the age of the student, for the entire test. If the number of
estimated items exceeds the limit for the students age, you cannot score the test.

Scoring
1. Complete the top of page 18 with the Number of Estimated Items from each
subdomain.
2. Complete page 18- Raw Score Summary by transferring the number of 2s and 1s
from each subdomain to this chart. Add numbers in each subdomain box to get a Raw
Score for each subdomain. All items before the starting point receive a score of 2.
3. Complete page 19- Vineland-II Teacher Rating Form Score Summary
a)Transfer raw scores from page 18 to page 19 in the appropriate box for each
subdomain.
 b)Determine v-Scale Scores for each raw score using Table B.1 in the Manual
(page 145). Write this score in the appropriate box beside each Raw Score for
each subdomain.
c)Sum the v-Scale Scores for each subdomain and write this in on the form.
d) Determine Domain Standard Scores for each sum by using Table B.2 in the
Manual (starting on page 170). Write the standard score for each domain in the
appropriate box on the form.
e) Determine the Adaptive Level for each subdomain by using Table C.4 in the
Manual (page 189). Write this level in the appropriate space in the Adaptive Level
column.
4. Determine the Adaptive Behavior Composite by adding the domain standard scores.
Refer back to Table B.2 and determine the Adaptive Behavior Composite
Standard Score using the sum of the domain standard scores.
5. Determine Adaptive Behavior Level by using Table C.4